Hitler's Handmaidens
Hitler's Handmaidens examines the role of women in the Third Reich through a contemporary lens of women as active participants in all aspects of German society.
Cast:Anna Motz , Tim Heath , Phil Carradice , Dianne Weller , Rachel Century , Claudia Koonz , Robert M. Kaplan , Wendy Lower , Jane Thynne , Sarah Rose
S1.E1 ∙ Female Fuhrers
This episode will examine the women that surrounded Hitler once he came to power, and how they were propped up as the Aryan Ideal to strive for once Hitler approved of their positions.
S1.E2 ∙ Nazi She-Devils
This episode explores how women were active and often violent participants and perpetrators in the war and its attendant atrocities- especially the Holocaust.
S1.E3 ∙ Cougars and Fantasists
This episode explores the fanatical women who took Hitler under their wing and, through love and devotion, trained him in the methods of high society to launch him to power, only to be left behind once he achieved it.
S1.E4 ∙ Hitler's Lovers
This episode explores the many lovers of Adolph Hitler - and charts the unfortunate demise of all who dared resist his love, affection and sexual appetite.
